88R1891 JRR-D     By: Canales H.B. No. 1710       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant   confined in a state jail felony facility.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:          (b-1)  On request of the judge, the Texas Department of   Criminal Justice shall, not later than the 60th day after the date   the defendant is received into the custody of a state jail felony   facility, notify the judge of the date on which the defendant will   have served 75 days in the facility. The notice must be provided by   e-mail or other electronic communication.          (b-2)  For purposes of Subsection (b-1), the judge may submit   a single request to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with   respect to all applicable defendants sentenced in the judge's   court.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Article   42A.558, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a defendant   who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail felony   facility on or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant   who receives a sentence of confinement in a state jail felony   facility before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect at the time of sentencing, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.